How much of the May 1978 Thriller box office came from the US and Canada?

$8.1K of the $8.4K total, or 97%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 1 report no domestic figure.

Thriller box office · May 1978

Thriller Box Office, May 1978: Top-Grossing Releases

Despair (1978) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in May 1978, with $8.4K worldwide. 1 thriller film released in May 1978 reports a worldwide gross, $8.4K in all, 97% of it from the US & Canada.

May 1978 releases with a gross: 1
combined worldwide: $8.4K
Despair (1978), the #1: $8.4K
earned in the US & Canada: 97%

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#1 thriller movie of May 1978

Despair (1978)

1978 · Thriller, Drama

$8.4K worldwide

$8.1K US & Canada · 97% $264 elsewhere · 3%

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The Only Thriller Release of May 1978 With a Reported Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 1978.

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Despair (1978) May 19, 1978 · English · Thriller, Drama $8.4K worldwide

May 19, 1978 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: $264 Worldwide: $8.4K

Thriller Box Office in 1978, Month by Month

The months of 1978 with their totals: December leads with $300.5M, led by Superman (1978).

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Thriller Box Office May 1978: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing thriller movie in May 1978?

Despair (1978) leads with $8.4K worldwide, $8.1K of it in the US & Canada.

How much did thriller movies released in May 1978 earn?

1 thriller film released in May 1978 reports a worldwide gross, $8.4K in all, or $8.4K per film on average.

How many thriller movies released in May 1978 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Despair (1978), earned $8.4K.

How is the May 1978 thriller box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in May 1978. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the May 1978 thriller box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.